I love you ladies for keeping spirits high and lifting each other up I'm still just doing the BH every afternoon around 3pm and every middle of the night around 3am. Once in a while I get a zinger- a knock the wind outta me, gotta get on my knees, around the back too cramp/ contraction thing. Completely sporadic though and rarely recurring. Just enough to tease me or make my back sore for a bit. 38 weeks and twiddling thumbs waiting for something to come of these twinges...
Tonight I thought it was it. I had a definite change in contractions from uncomfortable to painful and intense! We went on a 2 mile walk and I had them the whole time and they kept getting more intense and more painful with each one. Came home and nothing. Over it. Let's do the damn thing!
Holy miserable contractions and back pain! Last night out of nowhere I got the worst crampy back pain I've ever felt that caused me to need to vomit for like an hour, during which time the contractions kicked in. These were NOTHING like the BH I'd been feeling. WAY more intense. I tried timing them but it was hard because the back pain was so distracting and didn't come and go like the contractions. This went on for about three hours and then the contractions completely stopped. Wah wah. Now I'm sore AF, and hoping when this happens for real that I get a little more warning. Yikes.
Sorry to say welcome to the club @stellaluna14. I hope you don't have to deal with it more than just the once! Yesterday was day 3 of pre-labor for me. Contractions got to 6 min apart then just disappeared. Hopefully this kid makes his appearance soon or I'll go crazy from not knowing if it is it or just another fake out. It's emotionally draining!
I think I'll join this club. I lost my mucus plug on Thursday and since then I've been experiencing horribly painful back pain that comes and goes. Sometimes it's every 5 mins or it will spread out to 15 mins. My doctor did an exam on Friday and I was only 1/2 centimeter and 60% effaced.
Is there any pain relief for my back? My last day of work isn't until the 9th.
I'm a member of this sad club as well im only 35+5 but already 1cm dilated and had 2 trips to labor and delivery this week, because I'm not term yet and it's still consider preterm labor I have been having almost daily BH since week 20, but they became painful contractions last week. As much as I want to reach 37weeks or more, it's already becoming very old this daily run of contractions.. Thursday night I had 5h+ contractions every 2,5 minutes in L&D despite all the IV fluids...
@DarkCat I wish I could tell you I've found relief from the back pain, but I haven't. Laying down as much as possible helps, but nothing gets rid of it for me.
My doctor told me to start taking magnesium to help restrict non-productive contractions and better prepare the uterus to work as it should when the contractions are the real deal. It's made a huge difference the last few days.
Ugh this is NOT the club I wanted to join! For the past 14 hours I've been having contractions, ultimately about 3 minutes apart and more intense. I lost my mucus plug after about 9 hours into contractions. Went to labor and delivery... Big fat nothing. NOT A SINGLE SMIDGE. How the hell is that possible?! She said it could still be days or weeks and that the contractions may stay that frequent. Makes it hard to know when to go to the hospital when they're that close together and lasting for at least 45 seconds!!
Anyone still in the club?? 24h of contractions varying between 30 minutes and 2 minutes. Some painful, some mild, some not. This is getting so freaking old!!!
Every night for weeks. Tonight it's all accompanied by more stabby cervical pain and it feels more real, but I'm so sick of timing and watching that I almost don't even care anymore. I figure I'll just go to bed and hope I wake up with undeniable contractions or broken water.
I've joined this club as of Saturday. Every night I've been getting intense painful contractions about every 10 minutes. Then they subside in the morning and occur anywhere from every 10 minutes to every half hour. Tonight has been the worst. It's currently 2am and I've been experiencing them every 10 minutes since 8pm. I thought I was beginning true labor until I stumbled on an article about prodromal labor. I feel like I'm on the verge of breaking down.
omg...i'll join you ladies with cervical & stabbing vag pain and the continued menstrual cramping...normally at about a 3-4 on the pain scale...last night, around 2-3 am, it elevated to about a 6-7.....every few minutes then nothing. It figures it's just a preview of what's to come.....i'm thinking to myself GrEaT!!!!
I'm still in this club too. Had 1 contraction at work this morning... At least work is good for something. I always seem to have a contraction or two while I'm here! Sharp cervical pains and head butting are my new normal. Come on baby head- make some progress! Also the low back pain is pretty intense, but I was told this is normal and a good sign sooooooo yep. Just hoping the BH turn to contractions and the contractions turn to consistent intense contractions. #FTMprobs
So my dr said she would do a membrane sweep yesterday because I'd been having the contractions for three weeks. BUT I was only dilated 1 cm still and she couldn't get "in there" enough to even do it! And it hurt so badly because I wasn't dilated enough. So I go back Monday to try again and schedule induction if I can't do it again. I'm so over it, and I know some of you are dealing with all kinds of crazy symptoms all at the same time! I feel like people tell us the end is hard, but it's not really clear why until living it.
Re: Prodromal Labor Support Thread
@elenabrent You're going to work through this!
I love you ladies for keeping spirits high and lifting each other up
Is there any pain relief for my back? My last day of work isn't until the 9th.
im only 35+5 but already 1cm dilated and had 2 trips to labor and delivery this week, because I'm not term yet and it's still consider preterm labor
I have been having almost daily BH since week 20, but they became painful contractions last week. As much as I want to reach 37weeks or more, it's already becoming very old this daily run of contractions.. Thursday night I had 5h+ contractions every 2,5 minutes in L&D despite all the IV fluids...
24h of contractions varying between 30 minutes and 2 minutes. Some painful, some mild, some not. This is getting so freaking old!!!